Opinion
The unanswered \'Redskin\' question
Ok, my pale-face sihkiss*, it’s time for us to have a pow-wow.
We need to gather at the teepee, pass around the peace pipe and bury the hatchet about this NFL name thing. As a white guy w...
To the Editor: Rural citizens will face many problems under ACA
To the Editor:
(Portions of reprint REPRINTED FROM THE COLORADO SPRINGS GAZETTE)
DISTRIBUTED BY CREATORS.COM This has to do with the problem that rural citizens...
Pastor's Blog: The marks of authentic Christianity
So, “What is Christianity?”
This is the question that has followed us through the last couple articles, a question that I believe many people are asking. To summarize, here&r...
Pastor's Blog - “The Marks of Authentic Christianity”
In the last article, I posed a question that I think a lot of people are asking:, “What is Christianity?” And the most likely reason they’re asking the question is because they&r...
To the Editor: Thanks to our quiet gardening contributors
By Frank Van Steenhuyse
There is a quiet, behind the scenes, hard-working group of people in town who contribute so much to our community but yet go mostly unnoticed. Some work alone.
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Saying goodbye to Mike
I will never forget the time Dean came home and said, "You would not believe what happened today." He explained that Mike and Carolyn had come into the office to discuss the right to burn...
Benton County Conservation Board to meet Monday
We have lots of great stuff going on this month. The largest piece of news however relates to the Federal Recreational Trail Grant Match. The Old Creamery Nature Trail Committee has worked h...
Pastor\'s Blog: \'Those Christian Churches\' vs. real Christians
“Those Christian churches”…
So, I was reading a news article the other day that decided to throw “those Christian churches” under the bus and blame them for Ameri...
A rare chance to see a historical American aviation icon
The elderly man leaned heavily on the arm of his nephew as he walked slowly toward the B-17.
But the closer they got to the World War II bomber, the man’s pace quickened. Finally, he reac...
And they said, ‘Amen’
Have you ever wondered what the word ‘Amen’ means? Ever since I was a child, I was taught to close my prayers with that word because it signified that I was done praying, and tha...